River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-11-24
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Inspector Bonfcld recently distributed
$500 among the families OF the officers
killed at the Haymarket rios in CAicagO.
The donor would not divulge his identity
Mr. and Mrs James Croweu celebrated
the slxtieth anniversary of their wedding at
Salem, a few days ago.
There ere now 543 inmates at the Illinois
Soldiers and Sailors Eome at Quincy, ana
the bui .diDgs are so uncoI fortatsy crowded
that the trustees have announced that no
more veterans can be received until the
new cottages are completed
Thomas Stewart, a respectable coiOred
taTmer of Normal, was murdered the other
night on q loneiy road
/ W, T. Cunningham, of Fairmount has
/ been appOnted master ia chancery for Yer
+ million County BE has received more Of
I fetal appointments than any other man in
/ his county, having held some Office or
oher ever since 1873
Harvey Johnson, a rich farmer OF Pal
myra, aged s.xty-five years, was fOnud
+ dead in a field near his house q few days
/ ago II was supposed he fell from his
Eorse
! FIRE in the Saratoga Hotel in Chicago
a few nights ago caused u loss Of $50, COO
A panic ensued among the CUES s, but no
E
/ The Illinois grand encampmert or odd
/ Fellows, in session at Cairo recently, eleotad
4 d. l. Murdoch, Os I ,irncrr. Grand patri-
arch; Lieutenant C overaorJ C. Smith,
+ Grand Scribe, and John I. Fcss. of E'cago.
Grand Treasurer. A gain OF go members
+ Is reported during the past year; total mem
/ bsrship. 80 900
4 John Switzer, prominent Warren Coup
+ ty farmer, sustained fatal injuries the ofAer
morning by falling from train at Cuja-
( Burglars broke into Eencer& Morris store
/ in Reckon the other morning and stole
+ $500 worth Of clothing
Ch.cago's new art institute, corner OF
Mich gan avenue and Van Buren, street. has
been formally opened Building and
i ground cost $500. 900. and some $3.50,
900 worth of paintings and sculpture are
+ on exhibition The INT display VIII be a
I permanent one.
/ The accommodation train on the Santa
I Fe railway ran into misplaced switch AZ
+ Lemont, Cook County, the other day. The
/ engine and baggage car We're ditched
Governor Ogiesby has filed the vacancy
! caused by the resignation of James p. Root
/ Of the Frst Congressional District from the
State Board OF Equalization by appointing
/ Captain George F. knight Of the Town OF
Lake
I TIE contract between the city &c Chica-
90 and Andrew Onderdonk, of New York,
! the lowest bidder for the construction OF
Z The new submarine wSter-wOrSs tunnel
undeT the lake, eight feet in diameter,
+ have be n formally executed The wor1.
WilI cost S7iS. 600, and the contractor gave
/ bond of $500, COO The new tunnel Will
+ extend from the South side lake front dis
+ lance OF four miles into the lake. where
pure water is deemed permanent GER
4 sainty
I Colonel J. S Lord, Secretary OF the III
( nois Bureau OF Labor statistics, has just
completed the sixth annual compilation of
t the statistics OF coal mines and coal mining
f in Illinois The following summary shows
/ the business actually done during the year:
+ The member OF counties reported, 40; nuns
I Der of mines and openings of all kinds, S17;
number OF tons of coal mined, l027S, $50;
I aggregate value OF the same at the mines,
/ $lI, 1J2. 596. average value per ton at the
mines. 81 OS number of employees Of al
+ kinds, 26, S04, average number Of days Of
active operations. lib =; average price paid
+ per ton for mining, ~ cents; number of
+ kegs of powder used, 152 627; number of
mules employed Under ground, 81; num-
Der of men laled, Il; number OF men in
iared so rs to lose time. $50; number of
IONS mined for each life lost, "a, 7SJ;
+ number Of employees Tor each life lost, 400